Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:38551 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755559Ab3BZN2A (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:28:00 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] SUNRPC: Use gssproxy upcall for server RPCGSS authentication. From: Simo Sorce To: "J. Bruce Fields" Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com, chuck.lever@oracle.com In-Reply-To: <20130221210139.GF3531@pad.fieldses.org> References: <1361464705-12340-1-git-send-email-bfields@redhat.com> <1361464705-12340-7-git-send-email-bfields@redhat.com> <20130221210139.GF3531@pad.fieldses.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:27:51 -0500 Message-ID: <1361885271.2962.1.camel@willson.li.ssimo.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, 2013-02-21 at 16:01 -0500, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 11:38:25AM -0500, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > > +NFS Server New RPC Upcall Mechanism > > +----------------------------------- > > + > > +The newer upcall mechanism uses RPC over a unix socket to a daemon > > +called gss-proxy, implemented by a userspace program called Gssproxy. > > + > > +The gss_proxy RPC protocol is currently documented here: > > + > > + https://fedorahosted.org/gss-proxy/wiki/ProtocolDocumentation > > By the way, Simo, that still says "The protocol is not stable yet and it > is being revised while we progress prototyping client and server code." > > I'm assuming that web page is just out of date--once this is in the > kernel we're *not* making backwards-incompatible changes to the > protocol. The part that is used by the kernel is already marked as unchangeable in my mind, I will try to take some time in the next few weeks to update the page. Simo. -- Simo Sorce * Red Hat, Inc * New York